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Carter
bought his way out of the mafia to protect Emma, but when an old ghost returns
to the Mauricio Family, a chain of events starts that can harm everyone. While
Carter must decide to return to the Mauricio Family or not, a face that is
oddly familiar to Emma comes into her life. She’s given the chance to discover
more about her family while tensions between the rivaling Mauricio and Bertal
Family comes to a head in an explosive way. The truce is officially off, and
when the two worlds collide, Carter’s decision is made.

He didn’t start this war, but he will end it.

He will do anything to protect Emma.

Excerpt One

We’d
been learning how to shoot for a couple of months now. It had been Theresa’s
idea, and these sessions had started to replace our wine nights. It had also
been her idea to have Noah be our instructor. Carter was the better shot, but
Theresa still liked to keep her distance from him. He still made her uneasy.

Amanda
had asked her about it one night at their apartment when I’d gone to the
bathroom. I stopped in the hallway when I’d overheard Theresa explain, “It’s
not that I don’t like him. It’s just…he’s a killer, Amanda. He’s dangerous. I
know he loves her, and I know if anyone is going to protect her, it will be
him, but…” She’d sighed. “I don’t know. He’s known as the Cold Killer. It’s
hard to get past that, even though I know Emma loves him so much.”

Amanda
had asked, “Are you worried for her?”

No.”
She’d hesitated. “I mean…maybe. I’m not worried for her from him, but because
of him. He’s with the mafia.”

“She
said he’s out.”

“Yeah,
well, is anyone really out?”

Amanda
had replied, “She wasn’t in trouble before because of him. Emma and I did that
all on our own.”

“I
know. I really do, and I feel bad, but I’m just on edge with the guy. He’s
deadly. Can’t you see it in his eyes?” Theresa got up for the kitchen. “I need
a refill. You?”

I
had melted backward, back into the bathroom. When she’d crossed the hallway,
the bathroom door was shut.

Glancing
over at her now, I remembered how her smiles had seemed more forced that night,
her laughter a little louder, and the secretive looks she’d sent Amanda’s way.
They were roommates. They were going to talk about me. That was obvious, but
I’d been hurt, though I knew I shouldn’t have been.

Theresa
worried about me. I tried to keep telling myself it was as simple as that.

I
tried.

Excerpt Two

As I
held the gun, alone now, some of the old memories came back to me. But they
were never very far away.

I
had killed two men.

“Jeremy.”

My
voice had been soft when I called to him. He’d been raping my roommate, and he
was going to kill her. I had no choice. When he turned around and saw the gun
in my hand, I shot him. The bullet hit the center of his forehead.

I
swallowed now, remembering Mallory as she had watched me, pinned to the wall by
his hands. Her eyes had been so lifeless. They were the opposite of Ben’s. He’d
been pleading for his life, but minutes earlier he’d been planning to kill
Amanda, then me. My stomach churned, remembering that he was going to take me
to Franco. He wanted to barter, trade me in for more money, more drugs.

He
was the one who killed Mallory, but the Bartel family set all of it in motion.

I
drew in a ragged breath, cradling the gun in my hands like a precious baby.
This little piece of metal had caused so much havoc in my life, and it was
Carter’s weapon of choice. He’d killed plenty with it when he worked for the
Mauricio family.

Somehow,
I knew this weapon would have a place in our lives again. I didn’t want it to,
but I knew it would. And with that last thought, my hand closed over it, and I
raised my arms, aiming with my feet apart, my shoulders rolled back. I shot,
one after another, until my clip was done.

All
except one hit the bullseye. The other one, the outlier, was just outside the
inner circle on the target.

I’d
have to get better.

Teaser Quotes

A tingle started in the base of my stomach, and it rose up,
spreading through my body, warming me as it went, until I was almost salivating
for him. When I saw him, I needed to touch him. It had been like this for a
year, and I never wanted it to end. I always wanted to thirst for him.

He murmured against my skin, “Why is it that your presence
can calm me? Your touch can make me alive, and one little sigh from you makes
me want to sleep for days in your embrace?”

I smiled, moving to press a kiss to his ear. “Because you
love me.”

Pulling me back into his arms, he nudged my legs farther
apart, moving closer, and pressed his lips to the underside of my jaw. He
whispered, “Never.” Another kiss to the corner of my lips. “Ever.” A third
kiss, his lips resting atop mine and he murmured, “I promise. Nothing will ever
happen to you.”

“Because you need to understand. It’s time you know more.
You’re mine, Emma. My first allegiance is to you. Things are going to happen
now, and I can’t control them. The Mauricio family has always followed
me."

Suddenly I realized—he was going back in. A tear formed in my
eye, and I ignored it. This was what he was telling me. I swallowed over a
lump. “What happens now?”

He didn’t answer at first. Then he let out a soft breath of
air and turned, his eyes pained. He said one word: “War.”

I closed my eyes and just felt her. She trailed a hand down
my face, tracing my lips. That small touch, so gentle, so loving. That was
Emma.

No other woman made me feel like this. It was her, only her.
Opening my eyes, I found her watching me and smiling as her chest heaved for
air.

"I love you," she murmured.

Goddamn. I kissed her and whispered against her lips, "I
love you too."

I closed my eyes and held the man I loved. Resting my
forehead to his, I placed my arms on his shoulders as he held my hips. His
thumbs rubbed back and forth. This. Right here. He was the most powerful man I
knew, and he was all mine.

I didn't begin
writing until after undergraduate college. There'd been storylines and
characters in my head all my life, but it came to a boiling point one day and I
HAD to get them out of me. So the computer was booted up and I FINALLY felt it
click. Writing is what I needed to do. After that, I had to teach myself how to
write. I can't blame my teachers for not teaching me all those years in school.
It was my fault. I was one of the students that was wishing I was anywhere but
at school! So after that day, it took me lots of work until I was able to put
together something that resembled a novel. I'm hoping I got it right since
someone must be reading this profile! And I hope you keep enjoying my future
stories.

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